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Jens

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Career Club , bass.
Also, The Black Tie Party , bass.

Part-time music blogger for The Lime Wire Music Blog .
Score keeper for Indie Rock Baseball .
Here, read some of these and / or write me with your favorites.
Esteban Orgullo, Alameda, CA
El Heche
Michele Z.
Jersey Beat
Tris McCall, Jersey City, NJ
BAM!
Little Hits
Betty Rocker (formerly Flavor Added)
van Maarth
Paula Carino
Stereolabrat
Perfect Sound Forever
Stereogum
Jeffrey Norman, Milwaukee, WS
Mets by the Numbers

My Interests

Burger King, the bass guitar.

I'd like to meet:

Germophobes, toy collectors, weather complainers, male sandalers, the frugal.

Music:

LIKE: The Ramones, Steely Dan, Can, Blue Oyster Cult, the Sonics, the Ventures, Sun Ra, the Swell Maps, the Candy Snatchers, CCR, Traffic, the Cars, the Stooges, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, Black Sabbath, the Oblivians, Baby Dayliner, the Giraffes, my friends' bands in general, the Shangri-Las, Booker T n' the MGs, Icehouse, Junior Kimbrough, Elvis (Presley, not Costello), the Nation of Ulysses, Cheap Trick, Art Tatum, Perez Prado, "Eminence Front," the Trashmen, King Crimson, Richard Hell, the Smiths, Guitar Wolf, the "Mike and the Mad Dog" theme, the Spinners, the Ponys, the Cribs, ESG, M.O.T.O., Tom Waits, the Archers of Loaf, Echo n' the Bunnymen, Connie Francis, Happy Flowers, "Killer Klowns from Outer Space," old trucker songs, Pink Floyd, Hawaiian music, Yes, the Lights, 50s rock / doo-wop and the Cars. I've removed the DISLIKES section in hoping that fewer crappy bands that sound like "R-head" contact me.

Movies:

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was pretty dope.

Television:

Univision.

Books:

Moby Dick.

Heroes:

Don't be a hero.

My Blog

Outback Sellout

I just got done reading this. And trust me, it wasn't easy. Late to the game? Here's the recap, thus far: Kevin Barnes, leader of indie rock band Of Montreal, in 2006, decided to sell some materia...
Posted by Jens on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:39:00 PST

More Proof I Wouldve Hated the 60s

I *love* The Onion - esecially The AV Club - but if this wasn't the most unintentionally depressing music article i've read all year, i don't know what is.In fact - and i swear i'm not being revisioni...
Posted by Jens on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:01:00 PST

Chin Music II

* Tomorrow, HUGE show at Europa.  The Black Tie Party takes the stage early, 7.30pm, with a special guest guitarist for a massive punk rock fiesta, highlighted by original oi-sters Sham 69 and ou...
Posted by Jens on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:56:00 PST

Random Crap Rundown

* CAREER CLUB has two new songs posted on "The 'Space" (and our website as well).  "Pink Skulls" and "Midnight Movers" are the first tracks to feature our smashing new drummer Philipp Hans Gutbro...
Posted by Jens on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:36:00 PST

Chin Music

CollegeHumor.com gave a quick shout out to  "Indie Rock Baseball", right beneath a post called "Paul McCartney makes mashed potatoes."  BIG TIME!Just in time, in fact, for the debut of Indie...
Posted by Jens on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:54:00 PST

Indie Rock Baseball: It’s FAN-tastic!

So, that "Indie Rock Baseball" piece i crapped out in a little under three minutes yesterday for the Limewire blog got a mention in USA Today's Pop Candy (it's in there somewhere).  So, as of thi...
Posted by Jens on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:51:00 PST

Lets Build a Bike

There are some nerfarious no-goodniks in our midst on Maujer St, targeting innocent bicycles that are chained-up seemingly safe.First someone undid the back brake cable from Jackie's bike.  We in...
Posted by Jens on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:52:00 PST

Com As You Are

Someone - i forget who - recently told me that there is now a dot com address for every word in the English language.  I'm here to tell you now that that is not the case.  (I got that one on...
Posted by Jens on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:43:00 PST

Rats

Why i started thinking about this this morning on my bike ride, rather than after i saw the movie a month ago, i don't know.  But better late than never: though i don't think Ratatouille is the *...
Posted by Jens on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:37:00 PST

Adult Swim

Sure, it's only August, but i think i have my shoo-in winner for Worst Live Band of 2007: read about it here.
Posted by Jens on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:56:00 PST